Open AccessReport of “Geopark on Stricken Areas: Disasters and Gifts of Geo”
Author(s) -
Miwa Kuri,
Ikuko Miyahara,
Shosuke Sato,
Mahito Watanabe,
Kazuyuki Nakagawa
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of disaster research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.332
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1883-8030
pISSN - 1881-2473
DOI - 10.20965/jdr.2016.p0425
Subject(s) - geopark , perspective (graphical) , theme (computing) , disaster risk reduction , public relations , environmental planning , business , geography , computer science , political science , world wide web , tourism , archaeology , artificial intelligence
We hosted a public forum on the theme of geoparks in disaster-stricken areas at the UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction. It was found that the participants shared a common understanding that the important tasks of a geopark are to provide content based on the advantages of viewing the two aspects of nature – namely, disasters and gifts – from a common perspective, and to create a network supporting the expert knowledge needed for this content and the skills to convey such knowledge.